Where did my sound go?

[Kam Leo]

On 3/25/07, david walcroft <david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 09:58 -0400, Jeffrey Ross wrote:
> >> first this is an x86_64 machine running FC6.
> >>
> >> I just updated the system with the latest updates with yum, two items I
> >> noticed that maybe of interest that were updated are ALSA and the
> >> Kernel.  Ever since these packages were updated I have lost the sound.
> >>
> >> However... If I go to the sound card detection it play fine, run vlc and
> >> the machine is silent.  The web browser is silent and so is the mail
> >> client's (thunderbird) new mail notification.
> >>
> >> The sound card in the machine is 06:02.0 Multimedia audio controller:
> >> Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) per lspci and the sound card detection
> >> program says its module "snd-ens1371"
> >>
> >> Suggestions?
> >>
> >> TIA, Jeff
> >>
> > Yes, go to alsamixer and adjust the sound and raise the sound in the
> > sound chanels asn well as umute those with a MM at the base by typing m.
> > I just had to do that when the installation of firefox2 screwed up the
> > sound levels.
>
> I have the same problem except Alsamixer is set correctly and I can find
> "system-config-soundcard" at "/usr/bin/system-config-soundcard" but with
>   no result,it will not run.Any other way to test my sound card.
>

In system-config-soundcard go to System tab, click  "Reload audio
drivers", click "Apply" button, then give sound test another go.

>    David